[4] Upon arrival in France, the 57th Pioneer Infantry was designated to provide replacement troops for the 83rd Division, and Shangraw completed officer training and received a second lieutenant's commission in early September 1918.
[4] Shangraw was promoted to first lieutenant later that month, and was one of a small number of soldiers designated to reconstitute the regiment and prepare it for transfer to the front lines.
[4] The war ended before their training was complete, and Shangraw was with the regiment when it was discharged at Camp Devens, Massachusetts in August 1919.
[6] In 1972, Shangraw was promoted to chief justice, succeeding James Stuart Holden, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship.
[7] He served as chief justice until retiring in 1974, and was succeeded by Albert W. Barney Jr.[8] In 1922, Shangraw married Ruth Ardell Marvin of Richford.
[10] A grandson and Franklin County's assistant judges took part in a ceremony which included the unveiling of a plaque bearing his name.